Northern Europe continues to brace for gale-force winds and floods

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Authorities across northern Europe are urging vigilance as the region braces for heavy rain and gale-force winds from the east as a severe storm continues to sweep across

A street in front of the cafes and stores at Tiessenkai in the Kiel district of Holtenau is completely flooded by the Baltic Sea Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Authorities across northern Europe urged vigilance Friday as the region braced for heavy rain and gale-force winds from the east as a severe storm continued to sweep through.

On Thursday, U.K. officials issued a rare red alert — the highest level of weather warning — for parts of, predicting “exceptional rainfall” in the following two days that is expected to cause extensive flooding and “danger to life from fast-flowing or deep floodwater.” The last red alert in the U.K. was issued in 2020.

Citing the Danish Meteorological Institute which issued a warning for “very dangerous weather” — its highest — police in southern Denmark said the water level will continue to rise. Sea levels in parts of inland Danish waters were expected to rise up to 240 centimeters above normal.

 

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